Think about it @Ergates. The original English settlers who left on the Mayflower were all misfits who didn't get on with the English mores and wanted freedom to live according to their ideas. Those who followed, ditto, be they British, French, Dutch origins plus the Spanish down south and in California who spread out after the Conquistadors in south and central America.
Later, especially in the 19th century, they were joined by more people escaping life and death in the rest of Europe then by people fleeing pogroms in Russia, Poland etc; economic migrants fleeing the potato famine in Europe. That wasn't just a problem in Ireland as many Belgians emigrated to the USA at that time cos their potato harvest was lost. Chinese labour imported to build railways and then left to get on with it, Russians when the USA bought Alaska.....
All of these people had to make their way in largely unregulated territories, conquering both the land, the wildlife and the natives already there. English became the lingua franca but with influences, words and ideas from many European languages and cultures. It's no wonder they're different but that doesn't excuse their lack of education and thought when it comes to women's rights, gun laws, racism.....
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Daughter came to collect kids yesterday,is permanently attached to her phone,as is my other daughter. I just leave her to it,go and sit in the conservatory and read my book,bloody annoys me though!
Several months ago we had work to done to replace the glass roof of the conservatory with a lightweight solid one. Building control did come round to check construction - turned up a week late which actually set the work back 3 weeks because the electrician had move on to another job.
BC certificate never arrived so I called the council to chase it up. They claimed our builder hadn't paid so they wouldn't release the certificate. I called the builder who was extremely unimpressed with the council. He had previously paid by phone but this time had been told to use their super new computer system. He had all the paperwork showing reference numbers for payment (4 jobs at different addressed) but the council still tried to claim he hadn't been paid, despite bank statements showing money had been taken.
Two months later the council acknowledged that they had managed to reconcile his receipts with their system, now claimed a final inspection was required before sign off. This has never happened in the past and they will see nothing other than a finished and decorated ceiling.
Council said they would call the builder to let him know when somebody would come out. That didn't happen so the builder called them today stressing that they needed to call me before coming out to ensure I was home. Builder received a call from the BC officer mid morning to say he had been to our house but as nobody was home, another visit will have to be booked!
Visit booked for Monday and they are to call me to confirm the time of visit. Watch this space!
Some councils are beyond useless. The inefficiency often beggars belief. Mine is usually pretty good on the odd occasion I've had to contact them, but I had to phone once due to a council tax problem [not my mistake] and the woman got quite snotty with me because she wouldn't listen to my explanation to start with, so I was quite abrupt with her, due to the fact it was also a council error. She said 'I don't get paid enough to be spoken to like that' and I replied 'well I don't get paid at all to be on the phone for half an hour to the council when it's their error'.
The money was back in my account the next day.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I developed an allergy a few years back, and by luck realised it was caused by mustard. I was supposed to be going to an allergy centre in Brighton when Covid hit and appointments were cancelled, but because I roughly knew what the issue was, they sent me a couple of epipens anyway and told me to get some anti-histamines. All good. I've avoided mustard like the plague (when I remember to check ingredients!) with a few near misses. Anyway, my wife's old hairdresser (who my son still uses) came round today and was saying how her son, who has a tree nut allergy, had eaten something last weekend with nuts in and had had a serious attack. She then threw in that the pens had a shelf life. I hadn't even thought to check that.Lucky she mentioned it, as my pens were five months out of date (got them in May 2020, with an expiry date of March 2021).
It's me being stupid, but because the allergy was new, I had realised the pens had a shelf life. So if there's anyone else out there who takes certain meds infrequently - go check the dates!
Epipens are notorious for only lasting a year or so. I have an intolerance to mustard, horseradish root, and rapeseed oil. The first two are fairly easy to avoid. Now rapeseed oil is being used in nearly everything, shopping has become a nightmare. Cashew nuts , roasted in rapeseed oil. Bread products , all contain rapeseed oil I spent ages thinking it was bread I was intolerant to. If I make my own bread I am fine.. Apparently to grow rapeseed for oil, it has to be regularly dowsed in neonicotinoids. Maybe it is that I am allergic to?
Apparently to grow rapeseed for oil, it has to be regularly dowsed in neonicotinoids. Maybe it is that I am allergic to?
Quite possible.
Or, OH is allergic to soya. It's in all sorts - bread products, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, anything containing rusk (like sausages and burgers), lots of sauces and coatings and all that sort of stuff. I think perhaps the reason he has this allergy now, when he didn't when he was younger, is the sheer quantity you end up eating without noticing. So a mild intolerance has become an allergy through over-exposure. Perhaps a similar thing has happened to you with the rapeseed oil
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
OH needs to avoid mustard and mushrooms - strong emetic reaction. There are now few supermarket ready meals which don't have either or both in them now so those lazy treats are off the menu. Particularly annoying are those dishes where they have changed the recipe without warning and something which used to be safe is no longer.
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Later, especially in the 19th century, they were joined by more people escaping life and death in the rest of Europe then by people fleeing pogroms in Russia, Poland etc; economic migrants fleeing the potato famine in Europe. That wasn't just a problem in Ireland as many Belgians emigrated to the USA at that time cos their potato harvest was lost. Chinese labour imported to build railways and then left to get on with it, Russians when the USA bought Alaska.....
All of these people had to make their way in largely unregulated territories, conquering both the land, the wildlife and the natives already there. English became the lingua franca but with influences, words and ideas from many European languages and cultures. It's no wonder they're different but that doesn't excuse their lack of education and thought when it comes to women's rights, gun laws, racism.....
Mine is usually pretty good on the odd occasion I've had to contact them, but I had to phone once due to a council tax problem [not my mistake] and the woman got quite snotty with me because she wouldn't listen to my explanation to start with, so I was quite abrupt with her, due to the fact it was also a council error. She said 'I don't get paid enough to be spoken to like that' and I replied 'well I don't get paid at all to be on the phone for half an hour to the council when it's their error'.
The money was back in my account the next day.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Or, OH is allergic to soya. It's in all sorts - bread products, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, anything containing rusk (like sausages and burgers), lots of sauces and coatings and all that sort of stuff. I think perhaps the reason he has this allergy now, when he didn't when he was younger, is the sheer quantity you end up eating without noticing. So a mild intolerance has become an allergy through over-exposure. Perhaps a similar thing has happened to you with the rapeseed oil
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”